Ukrainian naval drones launched an attack on Monday on a major bridge that links Russia to the Crimean Peninsula, killing two people and seriously injuring one, according to the Kremlin.
This week’s NATO summit in Lithuania focused heavily on Ukraine and the bloc’s ongoing conflict with Russia.
This year’s North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, ended with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy receiving more pledges of weapons and ammunition from the West in order to fight Russia’s invasion, however, no clear timeline or path for his country to join NATO was given.
During a recent interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria, President Joe Biden admitted that the United States is “low” on ammunition after sending multiple military aid packages to Ukraine.
Joe Biden is in the U.K. ahead of the NATO Summit amid the lingering controversy over his decision to give cluster bombs to Zelenskyy.
Representative Barbara Lee requested on Sunday that President Joe Biden reconsider his plan to supply highly lethal and contentious cluster bombs to Ukraine as it conducts its counteroffensive against Russia.
White House officials told NPR that the Biden administration plans to send cluster bombs to Ukraine as part of the next military aid package.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated on Sunday that Ukraine would never consider a peaceful agreement in its 16-month conflict with Russia as long as Moscow controls Crimea.
Officials in the Biden administration confirmed that they are considering providing Ukraine with cluster bombs on Friday.